It took us about a year, but the entire ten volumes covering Bavaria were recently completed by Family Roots Publishing.
Written by Kevan Hansen, and edited by Patty Meitzler, the German Map Guide series now has 23 volumes in print. The series is meant to do the following:
- Identify the parish where an ancestor worshipped based on where they lived.
- Give the Family History Library microfilm number for the family’s parish records – allowing you to often view the Parish Registers that include the vital records of your ancestors at a Family History Center near you!
- Identify nearly every city, town, and place that included residents.
- Visually identify church parishes for Lutherans & Catholics in each district.
- Identify adjoining parishes in case an ancestor attended an alternate parish.
- Aid in area searches, particularly across district or regional borders.
- Provide visual identification of search areas in which to look for a family.
- Help in determining proximity of one area to another.
- Aid in determining reasonable distances of travel from one area to another.
- Identify population centers in each parish.
- Identify archives, repositories, and other resources.
- Aid in identification of the location of minority religions.
Volume 23, which was published in December, is an index to the Bavarian places found in volumes 13 through 22, as well as a Bavarian Gazetteer.
The Guides are published in library-quality hard-back binding, as well as soft-cover editions. Click on the links to learn more or order online. Visa and Mastercard are accepted at the site. Libraries my also order by purchase order only.